Thomas M. Rutledge is an American communications executive who serves as executive chairman of

Charter Communications Charter Communications, Inc., is an American telecommunications and mass media company with services branded as Spectrum. With over 32 million customers in 41 states, it is the second-largest cable operator in the United States by subscribers, ...

, having previously served as chairman and CEO before retiring as CEO in December 2022. He previously also served as president of the company from 2012 to 2016. Before joining Charter, he served as

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from 2004 until 2011. He also previously served as president of

Time Warner Cable Time Warner Cable, Inc. (TWC) was an American cable television company. Before it was acquired by Charter Communications on May 18, 2016, it was ranked the second largest cable company in the United States by revenue behind only Comcast, operat ...

. Rutledge is currently the chairman of the board of the

National Cable and Telecommunications Association NCTA – The Internet & Television Association (formerly the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, and commonly known as the NCTA) is the principal trade association for the U.S. broadband and pay television industries. It represents ...

(NCTA), and currently serves on the boards of

CableLabs Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. (CableLabs) is a nonprofit corporation promoting innovation as a research and development lab founded in 1988 by American cable operators. System operators from around the world are eligible to be members. Th ...

and

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. In 2011, he received NCTA's Vanguard Award for Distinguished Leadership, the cable industry's highest honor. He is also a member of the

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, and was inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame in 2011. He attended California University in

California, Pennsylvania California is a borough on the Monongahela River in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States, and part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area since 1950. The population was 5,479 as of the 2020 census and was estimated at 5,453 in 2021. Cali ...

where he graduated with a B.A. in economics in 1977.

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Treatment of employees during a pandemic.
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